About frog design, inc.
frog design is a global innovation firm. We work with the world’s leading companies, helping them create and bring to market meaningful products, services, and experiences. Our multidisciplinary process reveals valuable consumer and market insights and inspires lasting, humanizing solutions. With a team of more than 400 designers, technologists, strategists, and analysts, we deliver fully convergent experiences that span multiple technologies, platforms, and media. We work across a broad spectrum of industries, including consumer electronics, telecommunications, healthcare, media, education, finance, retail, and fashion. Our clients include Disney, GE, HP, Logitech, Microsoft, MTV, Seagate, Yahoo! and others. Founded in 1969, frog is headquartered in San Francisco, with studios in Austin, New York, Seattle, Milan, Amsterdam, Munich, and Shanghai.
The Principal Designer (PD) represents deep domain expertise and organization seniority. This role is modeled after our founder Hartmut Esslinger, and as such, the Principal Designer is expected to be an individual contributor who focuses on developing breakout innovation. This innovation typically occurs in the conceptual phase of the project, which is led by the Principal Designer.
The Principal Designer expresses a particular point-of-view or expertise (i.e., mobile, search, augmented reality, education, brand). The PD is also expected to be able to make sophisticated connections between multiple initiatives and frameworks. The Principal needs to be comfortable working independently in order to develop these narrative structures and strategies, but is also required to convey these insights in a digestible way to the team and clients.
The Principal Designer is based in a studio, but can operate in a consultative role throughout the organization. He or she is at the Associate Creative Director or Creative Director level in terms of experience and expertise. However, he is unlike the ACD and CD in that the Principal has no direct reports. The Principal reports directly to the studio CD or Executive Creative Director, depending on his or her level.
Job Responsibilities
* Develop strategic and conceptual approaches to both internal and external facing design challenges.
* Lead design teams on highly complex client projects, while maintaining the ability to develop a unique conceptual viewpoint.
* Promotes and supports cross-disciplinary methods.
* Effectively communicate conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale both verbally and visually, to clients and internal teams.
* Manage the tactical transposition/execution of concept deliverables.
* Speak and write cogently and convincingly on area of expertise, for internal knowledge sharing, client projects, and sales initiatives.
* Relate area of expertise with illustrative client successes, and sustains the transfer of domain knowledge over the course of a program or programs.
Job Requirements
* At least nine years of interaction design experience; solid experience with UI design for embedded applications. In-vehicle experience a major plus.
* Established personal design philosophy.
* Strong project and people management skills. Must be able to function as a project leader as well as an individual contributor.
* Great agility with the creative and technical tools of design; Adobe Illustrator/OmniGraffle or other flow diagramming tool, InDesign. Flash or After Effects a plus.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction or a related design or behavioral science discipline. Advanced degrees strongly preferred.
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